Nativity - 3 Color HueForge

Last year I went a little mad creating Christmas HueForges. This year I've reined it in considerably. This is the final one of my Christmas models for 2026. I also have a few Christmas Lithophane snowglobes created that have been quite popular at craft fairs but as of yet I'm undecided whether to upload them here or not (they take a long time to print and due to their complexity quite a while to slice as well which may cause issues passing MW verification).

To save you looking through hundreds of designs to find what you're interested in, I categorise all of my uploads in collections. https://makerworld.com/en/@BoDad/collections

One thing that really annoys me when I'm looking for models to print are people who use a source or AI generated image to promote their design - it never looks anything like the end result. I always provide only photographs of the actual printed design so you know what to expect. Boost MeIf you like any of my designs, please consider boosting them. It's free for you to do, but any designer will tell you that creating these designs takes many hours, a great deal of effort, and multiple prints to get things just right. It's a good way of showing your appreciation at no cost to yourself.MembershipWould you like to sell prints of my designs? Why not consider a membership? Two tiers are available with the second, commercial tier allowing you to sell prints of my models for as long as you maintain your membership.All the settings and colour changes are in the print profile, but should you not have an AMS, after slicing, replace the colour changes with pauses and make manual colour swaps as detailed below. I'd strongly suggest not changing any other settings in the slicer, as my printing profiles are highly customised to produce the best quality HueForge.

If you decide to resize any of my designs, you can only resize on the X & Y axes. DO NOT RESIZE THE Z AXIS! If you choose to ignore this instruction, it will change the layer heights that the colours change at and destroy the end result.

I have implemented a double layer height modifier on the framed versions and a single layer height modifier on the unframed models. This will only work if you use my print profile (3MF) and not the included STL! This one change knocks a considerable amount off the printing time by changing the layer height of the base and border layers only. It has no detrimental result to the finish of the design whatsoever.

If you're looking for a stand to display your HueForges, I can highly recommend this one:- https://makerworld.com/en/models/1474353-hueforge-stand-hex-or-plain

A couple of final things - please don't turn ironing on for the top surface. HueForges rely on texture and interplay with light. Ironing will reduce the quality of the print. It's turned off in my print profile for this exact reason. Also, please DO NOT simplify the design - you will lose a massive amount of detail.

Print at 100% infill with a layer height of 0.08mm with a base layer of 0.2mm

The Model is 150x150mm in size You may print at higher layer heights below the Base Thickness of 0.52mm The Max allowed Thickness is 2.28mm and the Actual Thickness is 1.32mm

#000000 PLA Bambu Basic Black Transmission Distance: 0.8 #f4a925 PLA SILK+ Bambu Gold Transmission Distance: 2.4 #ffffff PLA Bambu Basic Jade White Transmission Distance: 5.6 This print uses 3 unique filaments

!!!! It appears you have mixed filament types. Be certain this is what you want. !!!!!

Swap Instructions: Start with Black At layer #8 (0.76mm) swap to Gold At layer #12 (1.08mm) swap to Jade White for the rest.